:: Joey Ballgame’s primary neighborhood of activity: The working-class neighborhood surrounding the underground mansion at Sutter’s Hill. Street lore has it that Ballgame’s ultimate goal is to tag the home’s sealed bottom four floors.

:: Northsiders who’ve suffered spotty telephone service these last four days can thank local newsmaker Kevin Sturgiss (Wonsley High Class of ’86). An unexploded grenade hurled by Sturgiss during his June 26 bank robbery misadventure lodged under the door of a telephone switch box on Garrick Ave. until it was discovered by several Hilworth Junior High students after summer school Tuesday, at which point it detonated, completely obliterating the sensitive telecommunications equipment.– Shek Baker, Craig Gaines, RJ White